FORMER Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice of Ondo state, Eyitayo Jegede, SAN, has won the governorship primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Chairman PDP primary election committee for Ondo State and governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson said Eyitayo won the primary by polling a total of 760 votes while his opponent, Saka Lawal polled a total of 22 votes.
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The incumbent governor of the state, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, who tendered his congratulatory message to Jegede on his official Twitter handle, @Segunmimiko also saluted the other contending Deputy Governorship Candidate of the PDP in the 2012 governorship election, Hon. Saka Lawal, for his noble role in the just concluded PDP primary.
